Reviews

In 1987 Milton Bradley created Road Hog a game they hoped would successfully combine a card game with a board game. Unfortunately the game fails to make a good card or board game.

In 1978 Ideal decided to make a game based on the sinking of the Titanic, appropriately named The Sinking of the Titanic Game. Over the years the game has had some controversy surrounding and it was actually pulled from store shelves at one point. While the title and theme are in poor taste, The Sinking of the Titanic game is actually not that bad.

Jacks Straws is a game which combines the game of Pick Up Sticks with a grab bag of random objects. While I had some fun playing the game, it is far from perfect.

Set is a card game that was created in 1988 and has won over 20 different awards. While the game is not perfect, Set can be a fun game in short doses.

Fluxx is a card game like no other. With the rules and objective constantly changing, you can never be sure of your position in the game. Despite the game being a little too reliant on luck, Fluxx is still a great game.

Despite having some issues, Dutch Blitz does a great job of mixing fun gameplay with easy to understand rules.

I have to be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from Befuzzled. It looked like a dime a dozen party game where you make a fool of yourself while playing. After playing, I ended up being pleasantly surprised.

Electronic Hyper Slide is an electronic game created by Hasbro in 2007. Electronic Hyper Slide is a collection of five games that tries to take a modern approach to Simon Says, Simon, and Mastermind. While Electronic Hyper Slide might get boring during extended play, it works well as a quick pick up and play game.

The game publisher Ravensburger has a pretty hit and miss track record in my opinion. The smaller children games are usually boring, require no strategy, rely entirely on luck, and are generally poorly designed games. On the other hand, Ravensburger’s family and adult games are usually pretty good. Unfortunately, Mini Cat & Mouse falls into the bad children’s game category.

If you don’t already know, like most of America I am a huge football fan (Go Packers!) Throughout the years many football board games have been made with most of them not being very good. Looking at Jukem Football, I didn’t have very high expectations. The game looked like a family game and I thought it would be a pretty shallow experience. After playing the game, I was actually pleasantly surprised.